meticulously
accurately, closely, decently, exactly, exquisitely, honestly, honourably, immaculately, in detail, minutely, nicely, nobly, painstakingly, particularly, precisely,
take leave - Sunday, bow out, depart, disappear, duck out, escape, exit, holiday, slip away, slip out of, vacation, weekend
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effacement - blot, cancel, cancellation, deletion, erasure, obliteration ,
barbed - acute, cusped, horned, horny, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged, sharp-pointed, spiked, spiky, spiny, tapered, tapering, toothed,
crack of doom - catastrophe, cessation, coda, conclusion, consummation, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, denouement, destination, destiny, doom, effect,
knuckle guard - aegis, backstop, buffer, bulwark, bumper, contraceptive, copyright, cushion, dodger, fender, fuse, goggles, governor, guard, guardrail,
jeering - affront, aspersion, atrocity, banter, bantering, booing, brickbat, catcalling, chaffing, contempt, contumely, cut, derision, derisive, derisory,
old dodo - Methuselah, antediluvian, antique, back number, conservative, dad, dodo, elder, fogy, fossil, granny, longhair, matriarch, old fogy, old man,
stack of bones - bean pole, corpse, scrag, shadow, skeleton, slim, twiggy ,
juxtapose in opposition - clash, conflict, contradict, contrast with, controvert, counter, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, offset, oppose, set off ,
borrow - abstract, act like, adopt, affect, and, annex, appropriate, assume, bag, boost, bum, cadge, chorus, cop, copy,
effacement - blot, cancel, cancellation, deletion, erasure, obliteration ,
barbed - acute, cusped, horned, horny, needle-pointed, needle-sharp, pointed, pronged, sharp-pointed, spiked, spiky, spiny, tapered, tapering, toothed,
crack of doom - catastrophe, cessation, coda, conclusion, consummation, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, denouement, destination, destiny, doom, effect,
knuckle guard - aegis, backstop, buffer, bulwark, bumper, contraceptive, copyright, cushion, dodger, fender, fuse, goggles, governor, guard, guardrail,
jeering - affront, aspersion, atrocity, banter, bantering, booing, brickbat, catcalling, chaffing, contempt, contumely, cut, derision, derisive, derisory,
old dodo - Methuselah, antediluvian, antique, back number, conservative, dad, dodo, elder, fogy, fossil, granny, longhair, matriarch, old fogy, old man,
stack of bones - bean pole, corpse, scrag, shadow, skeleton, slim, twiggy ,
juxtapose in opposition - clash, conflict, contradict, contrast with, controvert, counter, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, offset, oppose, set off ,
borrow - abstract, act like, adopt, affect, and, annex, appropriate, assume, bag, boost, bum, cadge, chorus, cop, copy,

